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The government shutdown could spur more flight delays making travel a nightmare, air traffic controllers claim

Air traffic controllers across American are working without pay during the government shutdown says the National Air Traffic Controllers Association.

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association sued the federal government on January 11 for "unlawfully depriv(ing)" its union members The suit also argues that the federal government violated the Fair Labor Standards Act for not paying air - traffic controllers and other NATCA members at

Air traffic controllers have joined several other groups of federal employees suing the Trump administration over missed pay for having to work through the ongoing government shutdown. Some 13,000 FBI agents are also affected. The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA)

As the partial government shutdown continues, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) filed a lawsuit Friday against the federal government.

According to KATU.com, the union representing air traffic controllers sued on behalf of its members who have not been paid during the shutdown, which has now become the longest in American history.

The partial government shutdown began on December 22. While some federal employees have been furloughed, air traffic controllers and Transportation Security Administration agents are considered essential employees and must work through shutdown despite a lack of pay.

Federal workers in charge of making sure citizens stay safe while flying said air travel has become more dangerous amid a government shutdown forced by President Donald Trump. The shutdown, which began Dec. 22 after Trump demanded &dollar;5 billion for a useless border wall, has led to more than 3,000 support workers being furloughed while more than 10,000 air traffic controllers continue to work without pay, according to The Washington Post. Furloughed safety inspectors said planes that haven’t been inspected for two weeks are still being used to transport passengers.

Federal air traffic controller union members protest the partial U.S. federal government shutdown in a rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. The National Air Traffic Controllers Association said that requiring 16,000 controllers to work without pay violates their constitutional rights and a federal

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association hit the Trump administration with a lawsuit in D.C. federal court Friday, arguing the government has "unlawfully deprived" its members of their wages during the impasse Air traffic controllers sue Trump administration over government shutdown.

“The air traffic controllers, traffic management coordinators, and other excepted aviation safety professionals that NATCA represents remain on the job, dedicated to the safety of every flight, but they don’t know when they will receive their next paycheck,” the air traffic controllers union said in a statement. “If not for the shutdown, NATCA members would have begun to receive direct deposit of their pay into their accounts as of this morning.”

As part of the lawsuit, NATCA claims the United States government is violating the Fifth Amendment by depriving members of their earned wages without due process. The union is seeking a temporary restraining order as a result.

In addition, NATCA officials said the federal government had violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to pay at least the minimum wage to air traffic controllers and other NATCA members who were not furloughed during the shutdown.

United, Alaska, and Spirit flight attendants are warning Trump, Pelosi, and McConnell that the government shutdown is doing real damage to the airline industry.
Flight attendants are asking lawmakers to end the shutdown due to the operational and financial harm done to workers and the traveling public. As the federal government shutdown drags into its third week, the US civil aviation industry has issued a warning to both sides of the political divide that real harm is being done. On Thursday, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA circulated a letter dispatched to President Donald Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. "We write to urge you to act now to prevent the negative impacts currently being experienced by the U.

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